גָּדַע (ga.da) means “to cut down/off” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-dah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּדַע · ga.da · to cut down/off
1) to cut, hew, chop, cut down, hew down, hew off, cut off, cut in two, shave off 1a) (Qal) to hew, chop in two 1b) (Niphal) to be chopped off, be hewn off 1c) (Piel) to cut off or down in two, hew off or down in two 1d) (Pual) to chop down, hew down
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a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
KJV glosses: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cut down | 3 |
| and cut through | 2 |
| and chopped down | 1 |
| and cut it in two | 1 |
| and cut to pieces | 1 |
| and he cut to pieces | 1 |
| chopped down | 1 |
| has been cut off | 1 |
| have been felled | 1 |
| he has cut off | 1 |
| i will cut off | 1 |
| is cut off | 1 |
| it will be sheared off | 1 |
| lies broken | 1 |
| then i cut in two | 1 |
| when i will cut off | 1 |
| will be cut down | 1 |
| will be cut off | 1 |
| you have been cut down | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and cut down | 4 |
| cut off | 2 |
| also will i cut off | 1 |
| and be cut down | 1 |
| and cut | 1 |
| and cut in sunder | 1 |
| and cut it asunder | 1 |
| and ye shall hew down | 1 |
| are cut down | 1 |
| art thou cut down | 1 |
| cut asunder | 1 |
| he cut down | 1 |
| he hath cut off | 1 |
| hewn down | 1 |
| in sunder | 1 |
| is cut off | 1 |
| may be cut down | 1 |
| shall be cut off | 1 |
| that i will cut off | 1 |
| then i cut asunder | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Read word by wordTear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
Read word by wordAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
Read word by wordBehold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.
Read word by wordHe removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.2
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
Read word by wordThen in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Read word by wordHe tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by word“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.11
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Read word by word“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.9
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Read word by wordHow you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Read word by wordIn that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Read word by word“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Read word by wordThe horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordHow the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Read word by wordIn fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
Read word by wordWherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.
Read word by wordOn the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
Read word by wordNext I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Read word by wordThen I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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